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SPECIFICATION forming part-of Letters'latent No. 532,582, dated January15V, 1895. Application ned April 26,1894. semina. 509,117. fno model.) lPatented in England December 4, 1888. No. 17.711-

To all whom it may concern.;

Be it known that I, WALLACE JOHN REY- NOLDS, a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain, and a resident of 32 Orutched Friar's,

London, England, have invented certain new e and useful Improvements inFacilitating the Adjustment of Compasses on Board Ship, (patented inGreat Britain December 4, 1888, No.

137111,) of which the following is a specificaion.

This invention has for its object adjusting the ordinary or deck compassfrom a duplicate compass which after being raised to a high elevationand out of the magnetic influence of the ship and the card becomessteady, said card can be fixed and its compass be then lowered for theordinary ships compass or compasses to be set or adjusted to correspondto the duplicate compass.

To carry my invention into practice and as will be understood by theannexed drawings, Figure 1, is a general view of the appliances with theduplicate compass affixed toa framing. Fig. 2, is a. section of myduplicate compass, Fig. 3 being an under View of a partition plate andlocking gear.

A is a spar or rod lashed or clipped to the jumper-stay B by the clipsC, C, for suspension by the link E `the pulley wheel F over which a ropeG is passed with one end attached to the upper part of the frame Hwithin which the duplicate compass I is secured between the two railsJ,J, the other end of the rope G being attached to the bottom of the frameH after passing under the lower pulley wheel K, said rope being ykepttight by the bottom spar or rod L lashed to the deck by the rings M, M.The two spars or rods A L have a rope N attached as a steadying and as aguide for the thimble P to slide on, said' thimble being part of theframe H.

Q, R, are two tubes affixed to the frame of l the upper pulley F throughwhich tubes the rope Galso rides V'and each tube has a coned cup S, T,at the lower ends for the reception of conedplugs U, V,on the upperparts of the frame H, one U being loose on the stem W and the other Vflxed. The loose plug bears on the spring X and has connected to it thelink Y for throwing the lever Z in or out from the pivot a.

One of the supporting arms b of the duplicate compass is hollow and arod c passes through said arm with the end projecting and attached tothe lever Z. The opposite end of 5 5 the rod is affixed to a diaphragm din a box e forming part of the arm b, this diaphragm having also a pin fprojecting from the opposite face and passing through a hole in the bowlof the duplicate compass to bear against a 6o strip of material g hungfrom the upper part of the bowl and with its lower end bearing against arod h which can slide in the guides z', e', attached to the bottom ofthe partition plate j, said rod h being connected to another rod kthrough the links Z, m, and the oscillating beam n, so that both rods h,lo, can be simultaneously operated for moving dished bodies p, q, andput them in contact with the compass card r, the springs s, s, returningthe 7o dished bodies 'when the card r has to be clear of them. Y l

The shaft of the lower pulley K has a handle t to enable the frame H tobe raised and lowered. A pawl u and ratchet wheel U facilitate thefixing of the frame at any elevation.

w is a brake to regulate the descent of the frame H as desired.

`In the View Fig. 1, the cone plugs U, V, are 8o represented as justentering the cone cups S,

T, the plug U being slightly in advance so that said plug V is the rstto engage its cup S to be forced down the stem W and so throw the leverZ and draws the rod c outward, the 8 5 card r being then free to turnand adjust itself out of the magnetic inuence of the ship. After a shorttime the card r'becomes steady and ready to be lowered by reversing thetravel of the rope G. It is then that the 9o spring X forces the plug Uup its stem W to draw the lever Z and push the rod c for the dishedbodies p, q, to press against and lock the card r and keep it lockeduntil completely lowered for the reading to be taken and the shipsordinary compass or Compasses corrected from it, the card fr remain-inglocked until it is again raised to become free 'for a readjustment ofitself.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letreo ters Patent of the UnitedStates, is;-

1. In apparatus for facilitating the adjusts' ment of deck Compasses onboard ship, the combination of the frame H, guide rope N, rope G, wheelK, cone plugs U, V, lever Z card o", dishcd surfaces p, q, strip g, rodc, links l, m, rods h, la, and locking spring X, substantally as and forthe purpose shown and described.

2. In apparatus for facilitating the adjustment of Compasses on boardship the combi nation of frame H, locking spring X, cone plugs U, V,levers Y, Z, rod c, links l, m, rods h, la, dshed plates p, q, compasscard r in compass I, pulleys F, K, guide rope N, rope G connecting frameH with pulleys F, K, cone end tubes Q on frame of pulley F,substantially as x 5' and for the purpose shown and described.

In Witness whereof I have hereto signed my name, in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses, this 18th day of December, 1893.

WALLACE JOI-IN REYNOLDS.

